Senate roll call 137 · 43rd Congress · May 1, 1874
To pass S. 441, a bill enabling claimants to lands within the limits of new mexico, colorado, and arizona to institute proceedings for the validity of their cla
On May 1, 1874, the Senate voted 35–12 (S 441). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–12, Democrats 12–0, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 1, 1874
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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